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EE201 - Lecture 8

Chapter Four of the Electrical Circuits (EE201) course covers various techniques for circuit analysis, including the Node Voltage Method, Mesh Current Method, and Thevenin and Norton Equivalents. The section on Thevenin and Norton Equivalents emphasizes their importance in simplifying circuits by focusing on terminal behavior and provides methods for finding Vth and Rth. Examples illustrate the application of these methods to determine equivalent voltage and resistance in circuits.

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EE201 - Lecture 8

Chapter Four of the Electrical Circuits (EE201) course covers various techniques for circuit analysis, including the Node Voltage Method, Mesh Current Method, and Thevenin and Norton Equivalents. The section on Thevenin and Norton Equivalents emphasizes their importance in simplifying circuits by focusing on terminal behavior and provides methods for finding Vth and Rth. Examples illustrate the application of these methods to determine equivalent voltage and resistance in circuits.

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ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS (EE201)

Chapter Four
Techniques of Circuit Analysis
Chapter content
 Node Voltage Method

 Mesh Current Method

 Source Transformation

 Thevenin and Norton Equivalents

 Maximum Power Transfer

 Superposition
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents
Even though the node-voltage and mesh-current methods are powerful techniques for solving circuits, we are
still interested in methods that can be used to simplify circuits

Thevenin and Norton equivalents are circuit simplification techniques that focus on terminal behavior and thus
are extremely valuable aids in analysis.
HOW TO FIND VTH AND RTH
Step 1: Find Vth
You can use any method to find the V. Select the easiest one

Step 2: Find Rth


You can use three different methods to find Rth.
1- Add a short circuit to the a and b points and then solve the circuit with the appropriate
method.
This method is valid with all type of circuits.

2-Source Elimination Method. short the voltage source and open the current source. Once
you eliminate all the sources, the circuit is passive and you can easily find the Req.
This method is only valid if the circuit has independent sources

3-Add a voltage test then find isc. You must short the independent voltage source and open
the independent current source. This method is valid when the circuit has dependent
and independent sources.
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents
Example 1

Step 1: Find Vth


You can use any method to find the V. Select the easiest one
If you know the voltage at 12 ohm then you know the Vth. You need to find the current in the
12 ohm to find the voltage. The shortest method is to use current division.
Req 6
ii is
Ri
ix 15 ix 3.75 A
24
So the volt at 12 ohm is = ix x R = 3.75 x Vth 45v
12 = 45
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents
Example 1
Step 2: Find Rth
Since the circuit has only independent sources, we can use source elimination and also we
can add short to point a and b. We will solve this example with both method. The result are
the same!

First: We will use short circuit method

Req
isc is V
Ri Rth  th
isc 6 A I sc
4 .8 Rth 7.5Ohm
isc 15 45
12 Rth 
6
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents
Example 1
Step 2: Find Rth
Since the circuit has only independent sources, we can use source elimination and also we
can add short to point a and b. We will solve this example with both method. The result are
the same!

Second: We will use source elimination method

Rth 7.5Ohm
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents
Example 2
Find Vth and Rth
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents
Example 3
Find Vth and Rth

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